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“Eat to live not live to eat.” I agree with that statement.  However, I do look forward to multiple meals throughout the day (like a Tolkien Hobbit!).

I’ve been baking since I was eight and influenced by gifted bakers and cooks in my family.  My grandfather owned a bakery in Hawaii serving beautiful breads and pastries.   My mom is a talented, mostly self-taught, family chef extraordinaire with influences from my paternal grandmother and aunts.

Since I was a kid, I’ve poured through cookbooks, food magazines and food catalogs.  I was literally eating with my eyes.    After earning a Business degree with emphasis in Information Technology, I aspired to attend Culinary School but found it was not financially feasible at that time.    I continued developing marketable technical skills during the timely explosion of the internet and Web.  For over a decade I enjoyed a career as a programmer and enterprise Web applications developer/designer.

My journal began with cupcakes and muffins.  I had notions that one day I’d open my own cupcakery.  “Teenie Cakes” is a name my Husband called my mini baked treats and so it was how the appropriately coined name was born.   The site has evolved to include recipes for entertaining, everyday dishes and desserts by:

• using fresh, seasonal produce when possible
• attempting to find healthier alternatives
• experimenting with new flavor combinations and techniques
• portion control presentation and servings for dishes and desserts when possible

This site is a food journal for myself and a means to share recipes I create and experiment on my own, try and test recipes from other reputable sources plus some of my culinary adventures I experience in bakeries, restaurants, festivals, wine tastings, etc.

I want to draw you in by the title of the recipes and for you to eat with your eyes  when you discover what I’m sharing and presenting to you. I want to entice you to want to taste it, make it and enjoy sharing it with the people you care about too.

Food Photography
One of my favorite photography disciplines is food.    Both photographing and styling real food for the camera is a challenging art form that I continue to passionately work on. Some of my work can also be previewed on my photography portfolio at Cristina A-Moore Photography.

Through My Lens – My Other Photography-Based Sites:
Corgi Tales A Photo Journal about three Pembroke Welsh Corgis that is sure to make you smile!
Digital·Photology Keeping up with photography one frame at a time. Showcasing images past and present.

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Please join me on Teenie Cakes as I continue my food journal of culinary experiences and allow me to share with you some tasty eats in baking, cooking, wine notes and edible food photography.